Method of stretching and securing wire



-T. H. COULTER.

METHOD OF STRETCHING AND SECURING WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, I9l8. RENEWED MAR. 5, 1920- 1,338,425',Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Z125 O'oulfen duouwu o THOMAS 1i. o oULTER, or LYTLE, TEXAS.

METHOD OF STRETCHING AND SECURING WIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 'Patented AD -(2'7, 192() Applicationfiled June 25, 1918, Serial No. 241,844. Renewed March 5, 1920. SerialNo. 363,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. CoUL'rER, a citizen of the United States,residin at Lytle, in the county of Atascosa and tate of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Method of Stretching and Securing Wire, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a novelmethod for takingup the slack in a flexible member of any kind, such as fence wire.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theprocess, and in the steps thereof, hereinafter described and claimed, itbeing understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changesfalling within the skill of a mechanic may be made without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a flexibleelement which has become slack, it being presupposed that the processhereinafter described is to be put into operation for the purpose oftightening the flexible element;

Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating one step in the process;

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a tie which is used in the process;-

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detail views illustrating the various successivesteps in the process; and

Fig. 8 is a plan view disclosing the twisting device.

In Fig. 1, the numeral 1 indicates a flexible element of any kind, suchas a fence wire, which has become slack, and this invention proposes amethod for tightening such a slack wire.

The wire 1 is out apart to form ends 2 and 3. A loop 4 is made in theend 2, and a loop 5 is made in the end 3.

In Fig. 3 there is shown a U-shaped tie 6 comprising a bend 7 and arms 8and 9. The invention contemplates the use of a twisting device or crankll, shown in Fig. 8, and having a hole 12.

The bend 7 of the tie is twisted as shown at 10 in Fig. 4 around theloop 4, and the arms 8 and 9 are extended upwardly through the loop 5.

The twisting device 11 is placed on top of the loop 5 as seen in Fig. 5,the arm 8 of the tie being extended through the hole 12. The twistingdevice 11 is rotated, the arm 8 being wound on the twistingdevice asshown at 14, and the arm 9 extendin backwardly as shown in Fig. 5. Inthis way, the ends 2 and 3 of the wire are drawn to' ether.

then unwrapped from the tightening de vice 11 and is bent back acrossthe end of of the loop 5, and is wrapped around the body of the tie 6,in convolutions 17, which, as shown in Fig. 7, lie between theconvolutions 16 of thearm 9.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple but expeditious processis provided,

whereby the slack may be taken out of a wire, and whereby the severedportions of the wire may be reunited.

Having thus described the invention,

. what is claimed is 1. A method of tightening and connecting twoflexible members, which consists in fashioning a first loop in onemember; fash ioning a second loop in the other member; connecting thebend of a U-shaped tie with the first loop; passing the arms of the tiethrough the second loop; twisting one arm of the tie around a tighteningdevice at the second loop to draw the flexible elements together;bending the other arm of the tie backwardly across the second loop andconnecting said other arm with the body of the tie between the loops;untwisting the first specified armfrom the tightening device; bendingthe first specified arm backwardly across the second loop; andconnecting the first specified arm with the body of the tie between theloops.

2. A method of tightening and connecting two flexible members, whichconsists in fashioning a first loop in one member; fashioning a secondloop in the other member; connecting the bend of a U-shaped tie with thefirst loop; passing the arms of the tie through the second loop;twisting one arm of the tie around a tightening device at the secondloop to draw the flexible 'elements together; bending the other armacross the second loop and winding said other arm around the body of thetie, between the loops, in a plurality of spaced convolutions;

untwisting the first specified arm from the In testimony that I claimthe foregoing tightening device; bending the first speoias my own, IhaVehereto aflixed my signafied arm backwardly across the second 100p; turein the presence of two witnesses.

and twisting the first specified arm around 7 V T. H. COULTERQ the bodyof the tie between the loops, in Witnesses: convolutions which arelocated between the M. I. TAYLOR,

convolutions of said other arm. W. TRIOKEY.

